Pin fastener



June 14, 1927. 1,632,338

E. HORTON PIN FASTENER Filed May 1, 1925 INVENTOR fDW/N lloRrolv BY MP ATTO NEYS Patented June 14, 19 27. i

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UNITED STA'Tfi EDWIN HORTON, OFBRGOKLYN, NEW VYORK. rm rens'rnnnn.

Application filed May 1, 1925; Serial No. 27,171.

This invention relates to new and useful portion having its outer edge curved as improvements in pin fasteners and it perdesignated at 7, to conform to the loop of tains more particularly to a locking means the pin fastener, in connection with which therefor. the abutment member is to be used. The

5 While the invention is capable of use with body portion 5 of the abutment member has pin fasteners commonly known as safety one of its side edges defined by a flange 6, pins and of the general type, it is par and projecting from its opposite side edge ticnlarly adapted for use with blanket pins there is 0. lug 8. This lug 8 has a perforaand is especially designed for use in connection 9 therein, which perforation is adapted 10 tion with blanket pins when the same are to receive the shackle 10 of a padlock 11, as employed to secure a blanket robe or the more clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2. like to the robe rail of a vehicle. In the drawings, the reference numeral It is one of the primary objects of the 15 designates the back of a pin fastener of invention to provide means which may be the type employing a penetrating pin and 15 attached to a pin fastener such as a safety a pin-receiving loop, the loop being desigpin when the pin fastener is in its closed nated bythe reference numeral 16 and the position to prevent unauthorized opening penetrating pin being designated by the thereof. numeral 17.

ltvis a further object of the invention to In operation, the penetrating pin of the 20 provide means for positively locking the pin pin fastener is passed through the blanket fastener against operation when the pin or other article to which itis attached and fastener is closed. it is then engaged with the loop 16 in the With the above and other objects in view, ordinary manner. After the pin fastener the invention contemplates a member has been engaged with the blanket and so adapted for reception within the loop of a closed, as heretofore stated, the abutment pin fastener of the safety pin type, which member is positioned in the loop of the pin member, when retained in the loop, obstructs fastener, as shown in Figure 1. With the the path of movement of the pin member abutment member'in this position, the perfrom closed to open position, thus prevent forated lug 8 will project beyond the loop 30 ing operation of the pin member to open a sufficient distance to permitof the inserthe pin. The invention further 0011136111- tion into the perforation 9 thereof of the plates suitable retaining means, preferably Shackle 10 of a padlock, such as 11. in the form of a lock, for preventing dis- By reference to Figures 1 andQ, it will be placement of the member received within noted that when the abutment member is the loop relative thereto. placed within the loop 16 with the pin in its In the accompanying drawings forming closed position, the abutment member will a part of the specification lie in the path of movement of the penetrat- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a pin ing pin to open position, and will prevent fastener of the safety pin type showing a movement of the pin in this direction, ant 4o device constructed in accordance with the consequently prevent opening of the pin.

present invention, positioned in the loop of When it is desired to open the pin, an

the pin; authorized person, having a key to the lock Figure 2 1s a detail sectional view taken 11, may open the same, removing its shackle 0n the line 2-2 of Figure 1; from the perforat1on 1n the lug, after Wl11Cl1 45 Figure 3 is a perspective view of the the abutment member may-be readily remember received wlthin the loop of the pin moved from the loop of the pin fastener, fastener and taken from one side thereof; leaving the loop free forthe movement of and the penetrating pin to its open position.

Figure 4: 1s a view slmilar to Figure 3, WVlule 1n the present instance the locking 50 showing the opposite side of the member. means is shown as a padlock, it is obvious Referring more specifically to the drawthat the locking means may be a part of the ings, the invention comprises an abutment abutment member, without departing from member in the form of a block adapted to the spirit of the. invention. Furthermore be received in the loop of a pin fastener the abutment member may be of any desired 111 55 of the type employing a pin-receiving loop. shape, so long as it will serve the function The abutment member comprises a body of passing into the loop of the pin fastener in connection With which it is used in such a manner as to prevent movement of the piercing pin thereof from closed to open position.

WVhat is claimed 1. In a safety pin, the combination with a body portion, a penetrating member con-' nected to one end thereof, anda loop memher to receive the penetrating member and hold the pin closed, of a removable abutment member to prevent movement of the pin relative to its receiving loop and a lock to hold said abutment member in pin closing position.

2. In a safety pin, the combination With a body portion, having at one end a projecting pin portion and at the. other end a loop adapted to receive said pin portion, of a removable block insertable Within theloop and substantially filling the same to prevent removal of the pin, and means for locking the block Within the loop. o

3. The combination with a pin fastener 01. the type having a pin-receiving loop, oi? removable means receivable'in and substantially filling the loop to prevent movement of the pin relative thereto, and means for locking the means received Within the loop therein. Y

4. In a pin fastener ofthe type having a pin-receiving loop, a removable abutment member receivable Within the pin-receiving loop to prevent movementof the pin relative to the loop, said abutment member comprising a body portion, a flange integral therewith for preventing displacement of the abutment member relative to the pin-receiving .loopinone direction, and separate means for preventing displacement of the abutment member in the opposite direction.

5. In a pin fastener of the type having a pin receiving loop, an abutment member receivable Within the pin-receiving loop to prevent movement of the pin relative to the loop, said abutment'member comprising a body portion, a flange integral therewith for preventing displacement of the abutment member relative to the pin-receiving loop in one direction, and separate means for preventing displacement of the abutment member in the opposite direction, saidlast men April, 1925.

EDWIN HORTON. 

